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depurination

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
depuri-na-tion
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The removal, by hydrolysis, of a purine base from DNA

Etymology

From de- + purination.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

depurinations (plural)

Questions

What does depurination mean?
The removal, by hydrolysis, of a purine base from DNA
Where does depurination come from?
From de- + purination.

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